Women in the Purananooru Songs
Abstract
In the Eight Anthologies texts Purananooru is most important. It contains 400 songs which depicts the outreach of the Sangam Tamil people. In it the war and the heroism of the warrior are revealed. It features songs by more than a hundred poets. The number of Attestors sung in the same way is over a hundred. It features 16 unnamed songs of the poet. Avvaiyar, Kabilar, Paranar, Koovoorkizar and Mudamozier have sung more than ten songs. in that respect, in relation to women through Purananooru songs, the heroism of women, excellence in Academic, discipline has been seen. Also, it is mentioned that women have faced many restrictions.
Keywords
- Purananooru,
- Eight Anthologies,
- Women,
- Sangam period
References
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